Advertising-card holder for car and other seats.



APPLlCATlON FILED NOV-123N916- Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

LQQQNQo JOHN J. FERRY, OF ENG-LEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

ADVERTISING-CARD HOLDER FOR CAR AND OTHER SEATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1917.

Application filed November 23, 1916. Serial No. 132,933.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN J. FERRY, a citizenof the United States, residing in Englewood, New Jersey, in the countyof Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Advertising-Card Holders for Car and Other Seats, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an advertising card-holder, ofa new and simple and cheap form. of construction, adapted to be attachedto the backs of seats, which is adapted to receive upon either facethereof removable advertising cards, which may be easily and quicklytaken out and new ones inserted when desired, and such card-holder,while especially adapted for use on car-seats, is also applicable towaiting room-seats, park-seats, etc., whether of wood,

metal or concrete, etc.

In the embodiment of my invention herein shown, Figure 1 designates afront view of my improved advertising card holder partially in section,in position upon the back of a seat.

Fig. 2 is a view ofone end portion thereof, in partial longitudinalsection, showing the position of the parts when about to be assembled.

Fig. 3 is a view of a road or parkseat, or bench of concrete etc., withmy improved advertising card-holding device in position thereon.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the main central body-portion of suchcard-holder removed from the seat-back, taken in vertical section on theline aa of Fig. l, and looking in either direction.

Fig. 5 is an end view of such device shown in position upon a seatback,the card-holder proper, shown in detail in Fig. 4, being shown in dottedlines; and Fig. 6 is a top view of the end portion of such card-holdertaken in horizontal section on the line Z -b of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing:

The reference letter A designates the seat, and B my improvedadvertising card holder, in position thereon, such holder is preferablyformed of a central section 1, formed of thin sheet metal, such asbrass, copper nickel plated, etc, as it is desirable to have the samepractically non-tarnishable and non-oxidizable. This central portion 1,is easily, quickly and cheaply struck up by denly bent outward at agreater angle, from the elbow 4, so as to form inner plane-faces 5, ofsuch shape as to fit singly upon the slanting top-surfaces 6, of the topportion 7 of the seat-back 8, and the sheet metal sideplates 3 areoutwardly reversely bent inwardly back over on the bent portions 5, andswaged down thereon, all except the card-holding lips 9, which extendslightly above the elbow points 4, and between which and the face-plates3, is left the longitudinal bottom card-securing slots 10; andsuperposed upon the top plate 2 of such support 1, is the card-securingtop-plate 11, having the flat base-plate 12, and the depending cardsecuring side-flanges 13, between which and the side-plates 3 is leftthe upper cardsecuring slots 10; and such securing topplate 11 issecured in place, in any desired manner upon the top-plate 2, usually bymeans of suitable rivets 4.

The two advertising cards 14 are slid into position on either side fromthe ends of the sheet-metal central portion 3 of the card holder B, asindicated by the dotted lines at 14 of Fig. 4, and such top-portion B,being placed in position longitudinally on the seat back A, and slightlyabove the same, the securing end pieces 15, usually of cast-iron,areslipped upon the ends thereof, and upon the securing-screws 16,already having the bottom screw-threaded ends secured in the seat-backA, which screws pass through the central securing lugs 17 (Figs. 2 and6) and through an orifice 18 in the tops thereof and such securingscrews 16, when the seat is of wood, or of like material, are of thewoodscrew form indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, having the wood-screw thread19; but such securing screws 16, when the seat is of iron or concrete,have this thread that of machinescrew form which screws into the metal,or into a block of metal embedded in the concrete (not shown).

After being forced fully into position, as shown in Fig. 1, anornamental securingnut 21 is screwed upon the threaded top 20 of thescrew 16, so as to hold all the members of the device, including thecards, firmly in position. The end pieces 15 are usually formed ofcast-iron, and the depending bottom side-portions 23 thereof are of suchform as to fit snugly upon the top of the back ofthe seat A; and theadvertising card ends 14, extend slightly into the open ends of such endpieces while the central topplatev 2 and sides of B extend clearinto thesame, to receive the securing-screws 16. In order to stiffen thecard-support 3, bracing cross pieces 22 are usually and preferablysoldered or otherwise secured at the ends to the two side'pieces 3,as'clearly indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 8. The manner of assem bling anddisassembling, for the taking out of old cards and inserting new intheir place, is self evident from the drawing and description, and I donot intend to limit myself to the exact form of construction shown, asmany modifications in the construction of the several parts, and theirarrangement may be made to adapt my said invention for use on seats fordifferent uses, and of varying forms, all without departing from thescope of my invention.

1. In a device of the class described, a card-holder adapted to beattached to a seatback, having means on either side for the re 'ceptionof a card; a securing end-member,

securedupon either end of the card-holding member; and means forremovably securing the end members upon the top of the'seat- "back so as,to secure the same in position thereon.

2. In a device of the class described, a card-holder adapted to beattached to a seat- .back, having an upper and a lower card holding slot1n either side for the reception of the upper and lower edges of a card;a securing end-member secured upon either end of the card-holdingmember; and means for removably securing the end members upon'the top.of the seat-back so as to secure the same in position thereon.

3. In a" device of the class described, a card-holder adapted to beattached to a seatback, comprising a central elongated hollowbody,flared at the bottom to fit snugly longitudinally on the top of theseat-back, having on either side an upper and a lower card-receivingslot; securing end members superposed upon the ends of the card-holdingmember, and meansfor removably securing the end-members upon the top ofthe seat-back so as to secure the end-members and the centrallongitudinal card-holding member in position thereon.

41. In a device of the class described, a cardholder adapted to beattached to a seatback, comprising a central elongated hollowbody,flared at the bottom to fit snugly longitudinally on the top of theseat-back, securing end-members superposed upon the ends of thecard-holding member, and means for removably securing the end-membersupon the top of the seat-back so as to secure the end-members and thecentral longitudinal card-holding member in position thereon; saidcard-holding-member being bent up of sheet metal with a flaring-bottomto fit the seat-back; the bottom edges being reversely bent backwardupon the flared-portion, and a bottom card receiving slot being leftbetween the end of such reversed portion and the side wall or face ofthe card receiving holder; and a card securing top plate havingdownwardly depending side lugs between which and the top-portion of theside walls or faces of the card-holder card securing slots are left,secured to the top of the card-holding member.

5. In a device of the class described, a card-holder adapted to beattached to a seatback, having means on either side for the reception ofa card; a securing end-member secured upon either end of thecard-holding member; having a perforate inwardly extending substantiallycentral securing-lug fitting upon the top of the seat-back; asecuring-bolt or screw passing through such securing-lug into theseat-back, through the end of the top-plate of the card-holdingmemberand the top-plate of the securing end-member; and a threaded securingnut upon the upper end of the securing-bolt or screw.

JOHN J. FERRY. Witnesses:

ELSIE CONKLEN, LILLIAN FAnnoT.

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